Colts OTA Week Two Takeaways

Intro: The Colts were indoors on Wednesday for OTA No. 6 of the 2014 offseason program. The Colts will wrap up their final four OTAs next week before a mandatory three-day minicamp starting June 17. Here are some takeaways from Wednesday’s practice.

INDIANAPOLIS – After July-like heat for the first two weeks of OTAs, Mother Nature pushed the Colts into their indoor facility on Wednesday afternoon.

OTA No. 6 was a spirited one with plenty of team periods that brought out the competitive nature on both units.

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Offseason practices tend to drag the deeper you get into the spring and summer but watching T.Y. Hilton on the practice field can make the time fly by.

That hasn’t changed with OTAs reaching the close of Week Two.

Hilton returned to the practice field this week and recorded several “chunk” plays in both seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 periods on Wednesday afternoon.

Whether he was under the radar in 2012 (50 receptions for 861 yards), or the lead guy for half of 2013 (82 receptions for 1,083 yards), Hilton has flourished in his two NFL seasons.

“I thought (Hilton) came into his own day one when we walked into this facility,” fellow 2012 draftee Coby Fleener said after Wednesday’s OTA.

“He’s been impressive from the get-go. The sky’s the limit for T.Y. It’s going to be hard to beat his statistics from the last two years because they are outstanding, but he’s one of the leaders on this team, both on the field, and in the locker room.”

Wednesday was the first extended look the media got of Donte Moncrief going up against veterans.

Last week, Moncrief was out in California for three days at the 20th annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere event.

Moncrief showed no ill effects of missing any OTA time as he made an impressive back shoulder reception, against blanketed coverage, on a fourth-down play near the goal line late in practice.

Veteran cornerback Greg Toler made sure to approach Moncrief on Wednesday and let the 20-year old know how difficult of a cover he was during OTA No. 6.

“He’s great showing his hands at the last minute,” Toler said of what he told Moncrief. “He’s great with his body position like these long passes he caught these last two days. He shows his hands to the DBs late because we are taught to play hands and eyes. He shields them off and just does a great job with his body.

Intro: The Colts put together their most dominant performance of the season on Monday night, in a resounding 41-10 victory over the Jets. Here were live in-game updates from the Colts (6-6) taking on the Jets (3-9) in Week 14.

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